reine

/ʁɛn/

la noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les reines

Meaning

  1. queen

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: person. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

dame

Dame means queen specifically in card games; reine is the general word for a queen — monarchy, chess, anywhere else.

Similar in other languages

German

Königin

Königin is the German word for the same thing — both mean "queen."

Spanish

reina

reina is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "queen."

Portuguese

rainha

rainha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "queen."

Practice

1 What does reine mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ s'adresse à la foule.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches reine?

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